This term the Petits Chefs are cooking our way through a series of cookbooks and this week, we used The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs. You know a book coming out of America’s Test Kitchen is going to be well-tested and this is no exception. 750 kids tested these recipes, both in their home kitchens […]
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Les Petits Chefs Cook the Books: Marble-size Meatballs with Quick and Easy Tomato Sauce from New Favorites for New Cooks
This term the Petits Chefs are cooking our way through a series of cookbooks and this week, we used New Favorites for New Cooks. This is a brilliant book for kids both new to the kitchen and a little more experienced. I love the fact that Federman doesn’t talk down to kids – the recipes […]
Les Petits Chefs Cook the Books: Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake Muffins from Best of Bridge Weekday Suppers
The Petits Chefs are back and this term we’re cooking our way through a bunch of cookbooks! For Week 1, I chose the latest from Best of Bridge, the iconic Canadian cookbook series whose latest is a collection of recipes to help you get dinner on the table, even during the busiest of weeks in […]
Les Petits Chefs bake and swap cookies for the holidays!
What do you get when you cross 8 boys, four cookie recipes, 40 minutes work time and the third last day of school? If you were thinking “complete chaos”, you would be wrong. This week my Petits Chefs baked four different types of cookies in under 40 minutes (then spent the next 20 minutes while […]
Everyday Dorie in action (aka: that time Dorie Greenspan cooked with my cooking club!)
Um, yeah. That’s Dorie Greenspan. In my STEM lab. With my Grade 3 cooking club boys (and my Grade 9 helper). Having just cooked fried rice from Everyday Dorie with us (in an hour!). Wow, right? If you’d asked me 10 years ago where I thought I might be on December 5th 2018, I doubt […]
Les Petits Chefs make cornbread for Eva’s Place
The Petits Chefs baked up a big batch of Chef Myles Chaulk’s cornbread – his secret recipe from The County General – to send to Eva’s Place this week. Chef is a graduate of the programme at Eva’s so his involvement with the boys this terms has been amazing. It’s so much more meaningful for […]
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